Erwin and Jack stood in the arena. As a thread user, Erwin was wearing a pair of gloves where he could release his thread. On the other hand, Jack was holding his unique spear. Unlike a normal spear, the one in his hand actually had a much longer blade. It was as if his spear's purpose wasn't just for the thrust but also for slashing his opponent.
For Erwin, this kind of opponent would definitely be a unique experience. And to avoid being the one losing to the enemy, Erwin chose to reveal sothing he had been working on for a long ti.
He thought about using it to win against Jay, but this fight would be more appropriate.
"Since the two sides are ready, we'll begin the match. 3… 2… 1… Go!"
The mont they heard the announcent, Jack rushed forth while Erwin took a few steps back.
Erwin's ability required the support of the terrain to set up his net. But in this place, there were only two trees, which were ten ters apart, so they weren't exactly viable to be used.
Jack thrust his spear, forcing Erwin to avoid it by moving to the left. To everyone's surprise, the mont Erwin created a small opening, he actually slipped past Erwin and headed straight to the pillar behind Erwin before striking it down.
Bam!
The pillar fell down and the tree projection disappeared.
"W-What?! Jack is actually destroying one of the two trees in this arena?" Utaha gasped.
"It can't be helped. I have seen Erwin's ability and weapon choice. If we want to stop him, we have to destroy everything he could use to support his threads. Once they're gone, Erwin becos less of a threat. In fact, this map alone is already a disadvantage against him.
"Now that there's nothing he can take advantage of anymore, Erwin has little chance to win." The principal shook his head.
"Erwin is already in a pinch before the battle even starts? And just like the principal said, Jack is heading back toward the tree on his side to take down one last tree. And Erwin is running beside him." Utaha thought this would be a quick battle like earlier.
However, Erwin planned to change their thoughts. Once they were aligned, Erwin waved his hands, sending forth a few threads to surround Jack.
Jack remained calm, as though he could easily see all those threads. He tried slashing it by taking advantage of the long spear's blade, but this was useless. No matter how hard he cut it, the threads wouldn't be easily cut down. Even Clovis couldn't do it.
So, the threads ended up sticking to the front of his blade. Erwin planned to pull the spear like this to trip him, but there was a reason Jack was chosen to be Erwin's opponent.
The mont he pulled those threads, Jack slamd his spear to the ground so that when he pulled it, the blade would cause a rotation to the entire spear, which propelled Jack upward.
"!!!" Even Erwin was surprised by such an athletic approach.
Jack smoothly landed in front of the second tree and sliced it like the first one. This way, there was nothing Erwin could take advantage of anymore.
"Although this is cowardly, I'm sorry, but I have to win at all costs in this battle." Jack muttered while charging forward. He thrust his spear at Erwin in rapid succession.
Erwin, on the other hand, created a small net between his fingers, stopping the advance of the spear. Even if Jack tried to slash it, the threads wouldn't budge.
"Heh? I'm sorry, but I also plan to win." Erwin smiled. The mont he caught the spear, eight spider legs erged from his back, reaching for Jack.
"!!!" Jack was startled and ca to a halt to avoid them.
However, there was a trick Erwin had prepared for this battle. All of a sudden, several small blades erged on his hands as he rolled them onto the spider legs.
All of them curved toward Jack. The latter leaped away while swinging his spear to block them.
To his surprise, the small blades actually curved in a different direction, which threw him off.
Jack panicked and struck down several blades, but two of them hit his shoulder and right chest while another blade stabbed his arm.
"This… What is this?" Utaha gasped. "Did the trajectory just change?"
"Indeed." The principal nodded.
"How did he do that? There was supposed to be nothing."
"Well, I can see the reason, but I don't think it's fair if I expose it here. Unlike the others, this is not very clear to see after all. However, I can assure you that he's not cheating. If not, the three referees would have made their move."
"I see." It was a sha that she didn't get the answer this ti, but unlike others, Erwin's thod was more mysterious. It couldn't be helped if the principal didn't want to disclose that information.
On the other hand, Ezekiel smiled. "I can see it, but you should know the trick, right?"
Clovis nodded. "Erwin is using several threads. The most obvious ones are those threads with bigger size and a blue glint when exposed to the light. On the other hand, there are threads around his spider arms. They're more dull and thinner, so it's not easy to see them. He makes the obvious ones obvious enough to distract his opponent from seeing other threads. Still, the true essence of this technique lies in…"
"His mastery over threads, huh?" Ezekiel squinted his eyes.
As those two were discussing, Erwin waved his hands and surrounded Jack with the threads one more ti.
Jack hurriedly struck them and was ready to leave, but all of a sudden, blades suddenly ran on the threads. The mont Jack struck the threads, it caused them to contract, which ended up tossing the blades toward him.
"Kh!" Jack gritted his teeth when two blades stuck on his body.
This was Erwin's trick. Before he could take advantage of the threads to create a net that others could use. But he had learned how to utilize the net to launch small weapons so that he could attack them in his own.
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